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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,473 1,165 27.2 25.1-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 2,308 72.8 70.5-74.9
RACE
White 2,577 860 28.1 25.6-30.8 0 0.0 . - . 1,717 71.9 69.2-74.4
African American 608 256 35.4 29.9-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 352 64.6 58.6-70.1
Asian 26 1 1.5 0.2-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 25 98.5 89.3-99.8
Native American 82 29 26.9 14.2-45.1 0 0.0 . - . 53 73.1 54.9-85.8
Other Minorities 162 16 5.3 2.6-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 146 94.7 89.6-97.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 16 3.3 1.5- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 154 96.7 92.8-98.5
-English Speaking 54 8 3.6 1.5- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 46 96.4 91.8-98.5
-Spanish Speaking 116 8 3.2 1.1- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 108 96.8 91.4-98.9
Non-Hispanic 3,300 1,148 29.2 27.0-31.6 0 0.0 . - . 2,152 70.8 68.4-73.0
AGE
18-24 219 15 9.9 4.9-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 204 90.1 81.1-95.1
25-34 532 54 9.4 6.3-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 478 90.6 86.3-93.7
35-44 689 135 16.7 13.1-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 554 83.3 79.1-86.9
45-54 684 258 36.1 30.9-41.7 0 0.0 . - . 426 63.9 58.3-69.1
55-64 587 305 49.8 44.0-55.6 0 0.0 . - . 282 50.2 44.4-56.0
65-74 463 238 51.9 45.3-58.5 0 0.0 . - . 225 48.1 41.5-54.7
75+ 278 151 55.6 47.4-63.6 0 0.0 . - . 127 44.4 36.4-52.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 606 266 31.7 26.3-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 340 68.3 62.4-73.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,030 323 23.8 20.2-27.7 0 0.0 . - . 707 76.2 72.3-79.8
Some Post-H.S. 810 267 26.2 21.8-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 543 73.8 68.8-78.2
College Graduate 1,015 303 29.0 25.2-33.1 0 0.0 . - . 712 71.0 66.9-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 145 35.0 27.0-43.9 0 0.0 . - . 154 65.0 56.1-73.0
$15,000- 24,999 615 216 29.0 23.7-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 399 71.0 65.0-76.3
$25,000- 34,999 366 125 27.0 21.0-34.0 0 0.0 . - . 241 73.0 66.0-79.0
$35,000- 49,999 526 163 28.6 23.5-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 363 71.4 65.6-76.5
$50,000-74,999 435 136 25.9 20.2-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 299 74.1 67.4-79.8
$75,000+ 504 146 27.1 22.0-33.0 0 0.0 . - . 358 72.9 67.0-78.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 64 28.2 21.8-35.7 0 0.0 . - . 115 71.8 64.3-78.2
Guilford 165 50 26.1 19.4-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 115 73.9 65.8-80.6
Mecklenburg 169 44 20.8 14.2-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 125 79.2 70.5-85.8
Orange 170 31 12.6 8.4-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 139 87.4 81.5-91.6
Wake 176 49 24.1 17.6-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 127 75.9 68.0-82.4
Chatham/Lee 151 44 25.2 17.5-34.8 0 0.0 . - . 107 74.8 65.2-82.5
Nash/Wilson 140 62 38.0 29.6-47.3 0 0.0 . - . 78 62.0 52.7-70.4
Craven/Pamlico 170 63 32.3 24.8-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 107 67.7 59.2-75.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 162 53 33.9 24.5-44.9 0 0.0 . - . 109 66.1 55.1-75.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 67 32.2 24.6-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 100 67.8 59.0-75.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 70 40.6 26.3-56.6 0 0.0 . - . 108 59.4 43.4-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 45 18.9 11.8-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 117 81.1 71.1-88.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 177 76 35.8 28.4-44.0 0 0.0 . - . 101 64.2 56.0-71.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 44 30.4 20.3-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 83 69.6 57.3-79.7
Northeast NC I 143 58 33.4 24.2-44.0 0 0.0 . - . 85 66.6 56.0-75.8
Northeast NC II 186 77 35.6 28.1-43.8 0 0.0 . - . 109 64.4 56.2-71.9
Northeastern Partnership 329 135 34.9 28.9-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 194 65.1 58.6-71.1
Mountain AHEC 493 160 25.9 20.9-31.5 0 0.0 . - . 333 74.1 68.5-79.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,167 447 29.3 25.4-33.5 0 0.0 . - . 720 70.7 66.5-74.6
Piedmont 1,529 452 25.8 22.9-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 1,077 74.2 71.0-77.1
Western NC 777 266 28.3 23.8-33.3 0 0.0 . - . 511 71.7 66.7-76.2

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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